Improvement in tub-stands



l. C. HOLLIS. Tub-Stands.

vPatented Sept. 1,1874.

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TN! GRAPHIC CD. PHOTD'LITFLBS k `vl PARK UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. HOLLIS, OF CHARDON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TUB-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,606, dated September l, 1874; application led May 16, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. HOLLIS, of Chardon, in the county of Geauga and State of Ohio, have invented certain ,new and useful Improvements in Tub Stand and Clothes- Frame Combined, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the tub-stand, &c. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a View of the stand when folded up to be set aside.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The object of this invention is to provideav neat and convenient stand on which to s et a wash-tub, and which, when not in use, can be folded or doubled up for the convenience of storage. v

Of the construction and manner of using the tub-stand the following is a description:

The above-specified stand consists of two rectangular frames made up of the posts A and the bars B. Said frames are interlinked one into the other, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3,which, when arranged for active service, cross each other, as shown in Fig. 2. The two frames are held in combination with .each other by gains c, Fig. 8, cut in the lower sides of the bars of one fra-me, and corresponding gains c', cut in the upper sides of thecompanion frame, which, when the two frames are arranged at right angles to each other, as shown in Fig. 2, interlock, thereby holding the frames in a firm, substantial manner, as shown in Fig. 1.

The stand, when thus arranged, is in condition to receive the tub, which is placed upon it between the ends of the posts, as indicated by the dotted line b, Fig. 2. The height of the stand may be varied by inverting it, thereby bringing the short ends of the posts, or the long ones, as the case may be, upon the iioor, and thus adjusting the height ofthe tub to the person using it.

The stand, when not desired for immediate use, can be easily doubled up, as shown in Fig. 3, in which condition it takes up but little room, and therefore it can bye set aside in some .corner out of the way, or hung up for further use.

The stand can also be used as a clothesframe, for which latter use it is very convenient for drying small articles.

The bars B may be hinged to the posts, so that they may be allowed to fold or shut together, without changing tlie nature of the invention.

What I claim as my invention,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described tub-stand and clothesframe combined, consisting o'f the frames made up of the posts A and bars B,arranged and interlinked with each other as described, and interlocked by the gains c o', for supporting said frames in a ri ght-angled relation to each other, as set forth, and for the purpose specified.

J. C. HOLLIS.

Witnesses:

' J. H. BURRIDGE,

A. F. CORNELL. 

